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Weather.gov Radio API

The Radio API from Weather.gov — 1 operation(s) for radio.

Weather.gov Radio API is one of 13 APIs that Weather.gov publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Radio. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.2, at version 3.8.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.weather.gov.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.2
API Version
3.8.1
Base URL
https://api.weather.gov
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Weather.gov Radio API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as User-Agent (userAgent). An API key is passed in the header as API-Key (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • userAgent — We require that all consumers of the API include a User-Agent header in requests. This is due to a high number of scripts exhibiting abusive behavior (intentio…
  • apiKeyAuth — We are testing including a more traditional API Key system on certain endpoints. This is due to a large change in the weather.gov site. The API remains open an…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Radio 1
GET
/radio/{callSign}/broadcast
Weather.gov Returns NOAA Weather Radio Broadcast Script for a Transmitter
area_radio 1 param → 200default

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ProblemDetail (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProblemDetail
object
Detail about an error. This document conforms to RFC 7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs).
6 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

weather-gov-radio-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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